PaintballX3 Magazine November 2013 Issue | Page 101

product review

Freak inserts certainly helps with accuracy
and consistency over the chronograph as
well. Obviously, hopper shots weren’t an
issue and though sighting down the top
of the marker is difficult with a mask on,
simply watching where the paint flies and
correcting is simple while more serious
players may choose to mount a riser rail
and a red dot sight for fast, consistent
snap shooting. Players will have to get
used to dumping pods into the buttstock
right in front of their face rather than into a
hopper above their head, but this is simply
an issue of learning a new marker.
While the Empire DFender helped us get
plenty of “G’s” at Fulda Gap, not everything with the marker was unicorns and
rainbows. At one point during play it

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seemed as if the integrated hopper was
struggling to keep up with the marker’s
high rate of fire, leading to trigger pulls
in which the marker simply wouldn’t go
“bang” as the anti-chop eyes detected
no paintball in the breech. Coming off
the field, this issue was quickly alleviated
thanks to switching to fresh, high-quality
AA batteries and adding a nickel behind
the battery pack that ensured a constant,
positive contact between the battery pack
and the battery terminals was maintained
at all times. Once this was accomplished,
no further issues were encountered with
the DFender. Efficiency was solid with the
marker, as over 1100 rounds were fired
through the DFender with a 68 cubic inch
bottle with air to spare.

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